From feeling numb,
anxious, and performing
to building the life you desire.

Somatic (Mind-Body) Coaching to connect with your body, let go of overthinking, and build a life that feels like yours.

Does this feel familiar?

You are functioning,
rather than living.

You wake up tired. Thinking about everything you have to do this week already makes you overwhelmed.

You come back home from work and there is barely any energy left in you. You are not sure if this is the kind of life you wanted to live.

From the inside, something feels off and it's hard to explain that to anyone.

Soroosh standing in front of a wooden fence, surrounded by handwritten notes: travelled to over 20 countries, volunteered in healing schools and meditation centres, loves painting, dancing and photography, and is a men's mental health advocate.
About Me

I walked away from a decade in tech to follow my passion...

Managing teams in demanding jobs, I know the high-performing world from the inside out. The early mornings, the metrics, the constant sense of needing to be more efficient, more productive and more on top of it.

I also know what it's like to function well on the outside while something was quietly eating me up inside. The anxiety, the overthinking, the feeling of doing everything right and still not quite arriving anywhere.

I decided to leave my AI manager job to follow my passion for psychology and somatics, because I believe our gateway to freedom is connecting with our bodies and emotions. That is how we learn to be curious about ourselves and about what we truly care about in the world.

I know this work from the inside, not only from books. Immigrating to a new country, burnout, losing relationships, finding community: these are things I have lived.

The Embody Lab

Certified Mind-Body Coach

The Embody Lab

Trauma-informed somatics, mindfulness meditation, somatic movement and nervous-system regulation.

Amsterdam and onlineEnglish and Persian

You've already tried so many things.
But none of them stick around.

Talk Therapy
Holidays
Productivity Routines
Self-Help Books
Journalling
Working Out
How do I know

Somatics is for you if ...

You are amazing at thinking your way through everything, even emotions.

You can't switch off. Not in bed, not on vacation, not when nothing is even asking anything of you.

You already understand your patterns, and your body keeps doing them anyway.

The cost of waiting

Picture a Sunday in May, about a year from now.

You didn't burn out. You didn't quit.

You just kept going as you are now.

How does that make you feel?

That's the cost of waiting.

Not a crisis.

A slow drift from your true self.

What's possible

A life where mind and body connect.

Somatic healing is not about becoming someone different.
It is about coming home to yourself by reconnecting your mind and body.
Listening to what your body is telling you rather than skipping past it.
To feel free in your own skin.

Trustful
Trustful

Living for what you care about

Imagine trusting your decisions and your emotions. Knowing your boundaries. Knowing what kind of relationships and work you want in your life. Trusting your timing.

Compassionate
Compassionate

Resting without guilt

Imagine having more self-compassion and kindness for yourself and others. You hold space for your inner critic without being ruled by it.

Joyful
Joyful

Ambitious and playful again

Imagine waking up and doing the things that you love, being present with friends and enjoying your time alone. Feeling like a happy child again.

The approach

What does your somatic journey look like?

You have responded to pressure for years, and thinking about those patterns alone does not release them.
Your body needs a different kind of conversation. Something that lets you take a different route.

Learn more about somatics
  1. STEP 01

    Finding Ground

    We first build tools to regulate our nervous system. The nervous system cannot reorganize while it is in survival mode. This is where we learn to recognize what it actually feels like to listen to your own body.

  2. STEP 02

    Compassionate Curiosity

    We develop compassion for the parts that have been protecting you over the years, including your inner critic, and learn how to let go of patterns that no longer serve you and keep you feeling stuck. Patterns in work, in relationships, and in how you talk to yourself.

  3. STEP 03

    Embodied Decision Making

    We learn how to make decisions that align with our values and boundaries. Practice how to show up for ourselves and others in an authentic way that respects our body's safety and belonging.

  4. STEP 04

    Coming Home

    We build toward an embodied self. A version of you that is joyful, playful and connected to yourself and to life. We develop further capacities that bring you closer to the life you want, and learn how to sustain them.

Client Experience

Absolutely loved working with Soroosh. He helped me slow down with the exercises he gave me, and get back into my body and my true self.

D.A.

Floor Manager, Amsterdam

Working with Soroosh was a wonderful experience. He made me feel very safe and seen, and I was able to connect with my playful side and experience more joy by slowing down and enjoying the ordinary things in life.

T.R.

Entrepreneur, Amsterdam

Soroosh helped me remember what is important in life for me and how I can use these anchors to design the life that I want.

L.R.

Director, Amsterdam

Testimonials are paraphrased and names are initials only to protect client privacy.

Soroosh Poorgholi
Change starts here

Let's talk about where you want to go.

Thirty minutes, free, and entirely yours. We look at where you are now, where you would like to be, and what the work between those two points could look like.

Available in English or Persian.

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